New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-12
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
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coNpr rAISTs-LITERAIY AND ARTls-
uc-aoNoRING PROFESSOR TYNDALA~
rpY CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE
n...,,snt, 1897. North America" oa''s ''"' W.
.y,ne ll.-Mr. Gladstone's rc'usal 70
oss Mr.. w. II. Smiths urgency motion was q
surnrise to some of his Irish friends.
-. ., field night had been in circulation all
,,,,a.v desperate stand was to De mace GUS
,v.re expected. But Mr.. Gladstone TOOK
-. ,oa,+ out of these schemes MIR. Parneh zoo
.,.osoa 70 violence and Mr.. Healy for once
,.a to submit. Mr. Smiths motion is perhaps
,,s strongest ever adopted by the House Oh Oon''
mons. vet far less stringent than 'ne p'o''uu'0
.,,n,on,v nractised by the House OF Representa-
60 =, washington. The Crimes bill has already
.ccupied thirty-hve working days The Govern
.,srt allow another week for proposing AMI coi''
.;aering further amendments In comm'tee' DuV
:, N o'clock next Friday evening II not 'hcn re-
,rtsa the chairman shall put the remaining clauses
without debate. Compared with the sharp si'or'
,,sthods in vogue at Washington. weeks respite
e. mildness itself. The proposal was carried py
majority of 152.
,,sr. ia 7 think no doubt that both Mr.. Glad
.toue and Mr. Parnen are content that IL should
be 50. The situation getting far too danger
ous. The strain on the Liberal-Irish alliance was
shown otherwise than by newspaper articles or oy
,he col,arse of the anti-Coercion agitation Every
day brought news to the Liberal headquarters IN
London of important secessions from Liberal aSso
Citations In the Provinces. Even Mr. Gladstones
Welsh tour tai.ed to rouse elsewhere than In Wales
itself the expected reaction. Mr.. Gladstone's
friends shook their heads over the ant-EnShsh
tone of his speeches. They did not scruple TO
say privately that whether right or wrong IN
principle his declarations about disgrace to Eng
hand and his appeals to Irish, Welsh and Scotch
sentiments of nationality were damaging TO the
Liberal cause all over England. Liberals did not
like to hear their own country continually abused
by their own leader. There is good deal OF
human nature even in Englishmen. Nor did they
think he had dealt to the satisfaction of the coun-
try with the charge Of obstruction. Denial Is not
enough. The charge Of incapacity against the
government is not enough. Sir William Har-
cout's counsel that all but vital amendments
should be dropped was everywhere regarded as
an admission that a majority of the proposed
amendments had not been vital, and Mr. Parnen
assent strengthened this conviction. Altogether
there has grown up a mass Of Liberal opinion
which proves overwhelming that opposition to
the Crimes bill has been badly managed. refer
exclusively to English opinion. The Irish had
thor own views, and acted on them.
But the Liberals felt they had gone
as far as they could 60. and Mr.. Gladstonc's
authority with his own party was in some peril
on this particular question. Hence Mr. Smiths
easy victory last night hence the great majority
and hence the breakdown even Of lIiSs sstance.
Mr. Healy stood out to the last. Mr.. Parnel
led his party till one amendment very strong one
had been rejected. Then he vanished from the
scene, leaving Mr Healy In posse sion. The subse-
ouent result was declaration by the Speaker that
the manner in which debate had been conducted
was a disgrace to the House. Successive am"ld-
ments proffered by Mr.. Hcay and his fricads were
supported by small minorities which finally fell
below the strength Of the Irish section alone.
There is much discussion to what will happen
members Of the Irish party who favor extreme
courses will be overIulo1,
Perhaps the most striking feature Of tho Bodyke
evictions has been the employment of women
rs defenders Of the houses attacked. The explana
ton is that the Irish police will endure any
amount of maltreatmalt rather than retort on a
garrison in petticoats So it is women who are
chosen to throw sirabout. wbltowash and boiling
water. Nevertheless two girls or old croncs,
for accounts differ have suffered in the melee after
the beseiges got in. Hence questions in the
House; specially question about bludgeon old
woman, which Mr. Balfour parried in way that
roused Radical wrath. Mr.. Davitt is now repre-
sented by tho correspondent of one Home Rule
paper as playing the part Of a peacemako at
Bodyke. The Home Rule papd, thinks this is
difficult TO reconcile with his warlike harangue.
DIR. Morou MacISenzie's second visit to Berlin
yields him triumph not less marked than the first.
lie has apparently demonstrated with Professor
Nirchow's help that the disease Of tho Crown
Princes throat is not cancer. The second opera
ton proved successful, though certainly not final
uhe Crown Prince will start on Monday for En-
land. Dr. Mackenzie promises him that he shall
attend the Jubilee service in Westminster Abbey.
supposing no fresh symptoms occur. Thereafter
he remains at Norwood in Dr. MaclSenzies charge.
jubilee controversies become daily more numer-
sus Radical organs all the week have been crying
out against "all this fuss they col 1t. COM
planning Of money spent. business inter- pied,
people dcnoralized and the Abbey dcsecrated by
the homage of fifty years of Royalty. complaint
Ol very dlfleIent sort now comes forth. The lead